Early T-bird convertible?

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I wonder why he's in uniform

Not in the late '40s - the T-bird didn't appear until 1955.

Him and Tony Gwynn, just pure hitters, the best.

Think it's a Glasspar G2 ,early 50ies. The car in the background is early 50ies.

I was thinking it was maybe a Kaiser Darrin. It definitely isn't a Thunderbird, though.

The headlights looks customized. The G2 also had a split windshield. But the door looks like a G2. Yeah, definitely not a T-bird.

Looks similar but the G2s I found all have rounder fender arches and no protruding handles. The bit of front fender around the headlamp looks notched also.

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It is a Ted Williams Special, a custom-bodied Nash-Healey built expressly for him. It started as a 1951 Nash-Healey roadster and was commissioned by S.C. Johnson & Son of Racine, Wisconsin, the makers of Johnson's Wax, and designed by Bill Flajole, who earned fame for designing the Nash Metropolitan among other cars.

Sports Illustrated has the photo in a series of 'rare' photos of Ted and says the AP photo was taken in 1955.

Nice! Wonder where it is now? Maybe ask Jay Leno?

Ted never drove the car and sold it to someone in Detroit in 1985 and as far as I know its current condition and location are unknown.